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Questions: How do you spend your
time each week? For each of the numbered lines below, please count
how much time you spend on that activity during an average week in a
school semester, and à |
Hours: Write
the total here: |
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1.
During an average school week, how many hours do you spend each
week working at a job (for pay and/or as a volunteer)—for the
whole week, total (e.g., 20 hrs.
per week): |
_____ hrs. |
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2.
How many hours do you spend each day on
TV/videos/Internet/reading for fun, talking with family/friends,
games, and other entertainment: ______ hrs. Multiply this times 7
days and write the total here (e.g., 2 hrs./day x 7 = 14 hrs.).
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x 7 = _____ hrs. |
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3.
Do you spend extra hours in a typical weekend
(Fri. eve-Sun.) on activities in
#2 that you didn’t count there? How many extra hours beyond
your daily average in #2 do you spend? |
_____ hrs. |
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4.
How many hours do you spend each week commuting from
home to work and school and back again, round trip? Be sure to count
all trips both to home and to school, round trip. |
_____ hrs. |
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5.
How many hours do you spend each week buying things,
running errands, shopping, etc.? |
_____ hrs. |
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6.
How many hours do you spend each week exercising,
getting to & from exercise, etc. (include exercising/walking pets)? |
_____ hrs. |
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7.
If not already covered by #2 and #3 above, how many hours do
you spend each week going out, partying, getting high
(coffee, other drinks, etc.),
and having fun? |
_____ hrs.
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8.
If not already covered by #2 above, how many hours do you spend
each day in making & eating food: ______ hrs. Multiply this
times 7 days and write the total here.
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x 7 = _____ hrs.
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9.
How many hrs./night do spend sleeping, getting ready for bed,
napping, and related activities: ______ hrs. Multiply this times 7
days and write the total here. à |
x 7 = _____ hrs. |
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10.
How many hours do you spend on an average day cleaning
yourself (bathing, shaving, haircutting/styling, etc.), your kids,
your house, your dog, etc.: ______ hrs. Multiply this times 7 days
and write the total here.à |
x 7 = _____ hrs. |
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11.
How many hours do you spend each week cleaning/repairing
your clothes (include time to and from laundromat, if needed), your
car, your house and yard, etc.? |
_____ hrs. |
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12.
How many credits are you taking: _____ cr. Multiply this times
three (e.g., 15 cr. x 3 = 45
hrs.) and write the total here.à |
_____ hrs. |
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Add the numbers in the right-hand column and place your total here: |
Your
wk. now has ______ hrs. |
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Next, divide this total by 7 (e.g., 210
hrs./ 7 = 30; 168 hrs./7 = 24): |
Your
day now has ______ hrs. |
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Finally, subtract 24.
The new total you get is the number of hours
of non-school activities you must cut from each day to do well in
school. à |
-24 =
Cut
from each day: _____ hrs. |
